Chris talks about his experience of Line of Duty injury and retirement.
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“I Have a Theory”
By: Chris Brennan Theories are important. Theories give us room to stretch the metaphorical legs of our intellect and explore ground that we haven’t been over before, or that we might have seen at a distance but not explored. I remember as a young child, around eleven or twelve years old, being on Scout trips…
Quit Telling Me to Change My Culture
By: Christopher Brennan We will now bring you a diatribe from our frustrated author: I am sick and tired of hearing that the fire service needs to change our culture. It’s what “Everyone Goes Home” is about, it’s in the 16 life safety inititives, and hords of folks come out an [sic] comment when ever there…
Sincerity vs. Competency
By: Christopher Brennan SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 Why do you choose to wear a firefighter’s badge? Have you chosen this vocation to serve your neighbors, or because you want to be perceived as someone “special” or “important”? Do you choose to risk your life out of a sense of service, or have you chosen this “job”…
Firefighter Occupational Cancer
By: Christopher Brennan On July 31st, my friend and Brother Tony Volpe passed away from Colon Cancer. While “the jury is still out” so to speak, I believe that Tony’s cancer was as a result of Occupational Exposure. Firefighters have been regularly identified as having higher than the normal occurrences of cancer. “Researchers found…
More Decision Making Thoughts
By: Christopher Brennan A structure fire is a dynamic microcosm; a world in and of itself, where the properties of Chemistry and Physics develop by consuming the structure. As Fire Service Warriors it is our Duty to quench this unrestrained chemical chain reaction. The fireground is a chaotic environment and we must make critical tactical…
Situational Awareness Part 2
By: Christopher Brennan It’s a Team Sport Firefighting is a team sport. We are not operating as individuals, and as such the actions of the Team are vital in our ability to maintain Situational Awareness. We accomplish this through the use of our SOGs, knowing what our teammates are doing based upon the situation. Think…
Situational Awareness
By: Christopher Brennan The fire ground is a dynamic environment that is filled with threats to the fire fighter. These threats exist in a 360° “bubble”, left and right, in front of and behind, and above and below the firefighter. In order to safely operate in this kind of environment we must develop the skill…